Fishing-reel.



1T. A. JERNSTEDT. FISHING REEL. APPLIUATIQN FILED 00T. 2o, 1909.

Patenned Aug. 2J, 1911.

WII'NESSES Jam/,4. ./fR/vs Tfar.

JOHN A. -lllillNS'llEDT,` 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

FISHING-REEL.

Speccaton of Letters-Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

Application led October 20, 1909. Serial No. 523,733.

' To all whom it may concert: l'

Be it known that I, JOHN A. Jnnis'rno'r, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson Aand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Fishing-Reels, of which vthe following is a specication, such as will enable those skilled in the art to whichit appeitains `to make a`nd use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a fishing reel with improved means for winding the line on the spool in a perfectly even manner without any attention from the operator'and which will not interfere with the operation of casting or throwing out the line; a further object being to` provide a fishing reel with van improved gearing mechanism for operating the spool of the reel and by which the devices for winding the line on the spool are also operated; and with this and other objects in view, the invention consists in a ishing reel constrtpted and operated as hereinafter -descri ed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in thefollowing specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my invention are des ignat-ed by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which:

Figure 1. is a sectional plan view of a (ishing reel provided with myimprovemen part of the construction being shown in section on the line 1-1 of Fig. Q;-Fig.`9 a side view of the reel with part ofV one side of thevcasing broken away and also showing the means for connecting the reel with the pole or rod ;-Fig. 3.a view looking in the direction of the arrow 3 of Fig. Q with part of the construction shown in ,sectiougMFig 4: a partial section on the line t---li of Fig. 3, and; Fig. 5 a View similar to Fig. Q, but showingv that part of the casing which is broken away in Fig. Q or a portion thereof.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown the main frame of a shing reel which is composed of Aside plates a connected and spaced b v rods on which are mounted sleeves z3 and the side plates a are provided at the front of the reel, or-thatpart thereof which is the front when said reel is connected with a pole, with forwardly directed and approXimately semi-circular ears a4 and the bottom of the frame of the reel'is provided with ears a5 with which'is connected an attaching device a whereby the reel may be cured to a rod or pole in the usual manner. Mounted in the center of the frame'is the usual spool comprising a hub i5 and side heads b2 and mounted between the ears at of the vside plates a of the frame are two shafts c and cl provided with worm-threads, bothV of which are right threads, and the lefthand ends of which are provided with mtermeshing gears c2 and d2, respectively, and the right hand ends of which are provided with collars c3 and d3 and mounted in front of the worm-gears o and d is a transverse horizontal plate e the end portions of which are cut out to form notches or recessesc2 in the front edge thereof, and a spring metal cap f is pvoted at f2 and pro vided at its free edge with inwardly directed lugs or projections f3 adapted to enter corresponding recesses f4 formed in the` top edges of the ears a4 of the side plates a. of the frame and said cap may be swung into the closed position as shown in Fig. 2 so as to cover or inclose the Worm-thread shafts o and Z or said cap may be turned backwardly or downwardly on its pivotal connection f2 whenever desired.

Mounted on a transverse rod g supported betweenthe side plates a of the main frame and over the shafts c and d is a forked guide device g2 provided with a yokeshaped head g3 and mounted on saidrod between the sides of the yoke-shaped guide head thereof is a block g4 to which is piv,

oted a finger g5 `which passes between the shafts c and (l and thefree end of which is adapted to slide either above or below the.

inner edge 'of the plate e and the forked dcvice g2 is adapted to be turned backwardly and rest on one of the cross bars or rods of the frame as shown at g5 in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 or said forked member may be thrown outwardly in t-he operation of casting .or throwingoutthe line as hereinafter described.

The shaft on which the spool Acomposed of the parts l) and b2 is mounted isprovided at the right hand side of the frame with a pinion 7L, below which is a stub-shaft h2 which is secured in the corresponding `frame plate and on which is mounted a gear wheel 71,3 which .meshes with4 the pinion [L and is provided with a hub yh4 which passes through the plate k and is provided with a crank h?. l K l rected huh c7 -slot or opening j? through of the gear el passes,

a friction plte j provided with an oblong an the friction plate j `is provided with a circular head j having a central opening j* throu h which the hub h4 of the gear h3 passes an around which are radial, recesses js forming inwardly directed spring tongues je.

The head ja of the friction plate j is concave-convex in cross-section and the -convex surface thereof is directed outwardly, and mounted on the correspdmding frame plate a and inclosing the gears 2, 2' and 71,3 is a' cap lc which is secured to said frame plate by screws or other devices 7c, and the convex outer side jf* of the friction plate j bears on titl) mesh with the gear i2, shafts c and l will he turned, as will be readthe cap 7c and said cap Ze is provided at the rdnt edge thereof with a projecting member r;it which incloses the gear 2.

ln practice, line. on the reel or on the spool bb2, the fork guide piece gis turned into the position shown in Figs. 1 to ,3, inclusive, and the said line is passed through said guide piece and 'connected to the hub of the spoelt- 52. if new, the right, the spool will be rotated so as to wind the line thereon and the friction plate j will throw the gear is into mesh with the gear h3 and said gear i being normally in the worm-threaded ily understood. .Tf in this operation the tinger g5 is below the plate er as shown in Figs. 3 and Il, the said finger will `follow the thread of the shaft nl right hand end of said shaft when it will strike the collar. Z3 of said shaft and the thread will'throw said finger up througlrthe corresponding notch or recess e2 in thc corresponding end of the plate o. and as the winding continues, the finger (/5 will engage the thread of the shaft c and \\'ill he carried along Said shaft c in the opposite direction until it reaches the pposite. end ot' said shaftwhen it will drop 'do-wn and again' en- 'Eage the thread of the shaft. (l, and in this way, the fork guide piece (/2 and fm'th on will be made to travel hack the transverse head y, and in thisl operation the` line will 'he' truly and evenly wound in separate layers on the spool iwi/.' ln the l operation of casting or throwiiig the line 6a out7 thc gear h is turnc and mounted 'on lthe huh Y isl which the hub il.

when it is desired to wind the the crank or handle h5 be turned to.

unt-il it reaches the said shafts and Ais provided at.

friction plate throws the gear i out of also the movewhich limit the y ment ofthe gear i occasioned by the friction' late 7' as liereinbefore described.

Having fully described my invent-ion, I claim as new anddesire to secure by ters Patent, is z- V 1. A Atishing reel comprising' the usual what d Ixellframe and spool mounted therein, w'orrn- 8G threaded shafts mounted in front of said spool, said shafts being provided at one end with intermesh'ing gears and at their opposite ends with collars, a guide plate mounted in front of said shafts and the front edgeof'f' which is provided at its opposite 'ends with recesses, a forked 'line guide rotatably mounted on a transverse frame rod and movable longitudinally thereof, and a pivoted finger device mounted in connection 90 with said forked line guide and movable therewithv on said rod and thei free endv of which passes between said shafts. f

2. A fishing reel provided with the usual spool, two wormv shafts Ageared in connection at one end and the opposite end of one of which is provided with a gear, a' pinion connected with theshaft of the spool, a main crank-operated gear mounted adjacent' to said lpinion and meshing therewith, an arm pivoted on the support of the worm shaft gear, an intermediate gear mounted on the free end of said arm and meshing with the worm shaft gear and adapted to mesh 1 with the crank-operated gear, and a friction plate pivoted on and movable radially of the intermediate gear and provided with a con- Vex head through which the hub of the crank-operated geartpasses, and a, cap secured to the frame of the reel and inclosingV said gears and bearing on the head of said friction plate. i 3. A fishing ree-l provided with two worm shaft-s geared in connection at one end and the opposite ends of which are provided with' collars, a guide plate mounted in front, of said shafts and the front. edge of whichextends inwardly tovard the space between its opposite ends with recesses,l a forked guide piece mounted rearwardly of said shafts and movahle transversely ofthe frame of the reel, v and a pivoted linger mounted in connection with said guide piece and rriovable therewith and extending forwardly between said sha I'ts.

l. ln a ishing reel of which is provided wilhconneeted with the shaft ot' the two worm shafts one a gear, 'a pinion 'spool of the d to the left and the reel, a crank-operated lgear meshinghyvith l said pinion, an arm pivoted on the support of the intermediate ear a/nd having a head L. of the Worm shaft gen1, un intermediate gear through which the ub ofthe crank-open v- Y mounted in connection with said arm and atd gear passes and on which said cap bears. 10

meshing with saidl Worm shaft gear and JOHN A. JERNSTEDT. 5 adapted to mesh with the 'lxginkperated 4Witnesses: gear, a cap inolosing-saidgeiirs, and a. riof Y OSCAR A. ,Jomxsornv tion plate pivatd on and movabie radially- W. H. DAVIS. 

